Seui Diu Go Tau (Under the Mid-Autumn Moon) (Mixed Voices)

This piece was conceived in Philadelphia at the time of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, which takes place every year on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. The full moon is a symbol of reunion and thoughts for families and friends in Chinese culture because ‘full’ and ‘reunion’ share the same written character. The custom of celebrating with family and friends dates back to at least a thousand years ago, and the moon has thus become a recurring theme in classical Chinese literature.